Digital display device comprising two superimposed display cells and timepiece comprising such a display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11860486-B2
Application number	US-202016986341-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2020
Priority date	Dec 13, 2019
Publication date	Jan 2, 2024
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024

Abstract

A digital display device including, from top to bottom, a first red filter, a transflective liquid crystal display cell, a second red filter and an emissive display cell, the transflective liquid crystal display cell displaying information using at least one first seven-segment digit and the emissive display cell providing a plurality of juxtaposed light points which are arranged so as to provide a display formed by at least one second seven-segment digit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A digital display device comprising, from top to bottom, a first red filter, a transflective liquid crystal display cell, a second red filter, and an emissive display cell,
wherein the transflective liquid crystal display cell displays information with at least one first seven-segment digit and
wherein the emissive display cell comprises a plurality of juxtaposed light points which are arranged so as to display at least one second seven-segment digit, with two or more of the light points being positioned in each segment of the second seven-segment digit, when the transflective liquid crystal display cell is switched off and the emissive display cell is switched on.

2. The digital display device according to claim 1 , wherein the transflective liquid crystal display cell is a Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display cell with which are associated a linear polariser disposed above the twisted nematic liquid crystal display cell and a transflective polariser disposed below the twisted nematic liquid crystal display cell.

3. The digital display device according to claim 2 , wherein the emissive display cell is an Organic Light-Emitting Diode display cell which emits a red light.

4. The digital display device according to claim 3 , comprising, from top to bottom and in this order:
the first red filter;
the linear polariser;
the twisted nematic liquid crystal display cell;
the transflective polariser;
the second red filter;
the organic light-emitting diode display cell.

5. The digital display device according to claim 4 , wherein the linear polariser is in direct contact with the first red filter and the twisted nematic liquid crystal display cell, the transflective polariser is in direct contact with the twisted nematic liquid crystal display cell and the second red filter, and the organic light-emitting diode display cell is in direct contact with the second red filter.

6. The digital display device according to claim 3 , comprising, from top to bottom and in this order:
the linear polariser;
the first red filter;
the twisted nematic liquid crystal display cell;
the transflective polariser;
the second red filter;
the organic light-emitting diode display cell.

7. The digital display device according to claim 6 , wherein the transflective polariser is in direct contact with the twisted nematic liquid crystal display cell and the second red filter and the organic light-emitting diode display cell is in direct contact with the second red filter.

8. The digital display device according to claim 1 , wherein the digital display device comprises, from top to bottom, the first red filter, the transflective liquid crystal display cell, the second red filter, the emissive display cell, and a light sensor, wherein the light sensor measures an intensity of an ambient light, said measurement of the intensity of the ambient light being used to accommodate a luminosity of the emissive display cell depending on ambient illumination conditions.

9. The digital display device according to claim 8 , wherein an aperture is formed in a completely opaque cathode of the emissive display cell so that the ambient light which penetrates from above in the digital display device can reach the light sensor.

10. The digital display device according to claim 1 , wherein the emissive display cell comprises the plurality of juxtaposed light points which are arranged so as to display the at least one second seven-segment digit on a face of the emissive display cell.

11. The digital display device according to claim 1 , wherein the emissive display cell comprises the plurality of juxtaposed light points which are arranged so as to form the at least one second seven-segment digit on a face of the emissive display cell.

12. The digital display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a push button configured to switch the liquid crystal display cell off and to switch the emissive display cell on.

13. The digital display device according to claim 1 , wherein, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the transflective liquid crystal display cell is switched off and the emissive display cell is switched on, a microcontroller of the digital display device is configured to control the emissive display cell to switch off and the transflective liquid crystal display cell to switch on.

Assignees

• Swatch Group Res & Dev Ltd

Inventors

• Blanckaert Nicolas
• Thiault Jerome
• Sagardoyburu Michel
• Barron Cecile

Classifications

• G02F1/134327 Primary

  Segmented, e.g. alpha numeric display · CPC title

• G02F1/133514

  Colour filters · CPC title

• G02F1/133528

  Polarisers · CPC title

• G02F1/133555

  Transflectors · CPC title

• G04G9/0094

  using light valves, e.g. liquid crystals · CPC title